San Francisco Visitor’s Guide & Area Attractions

Destination Fee inclusions

Take advantage of special offers from our local partners during your stay. Contact the front desk for details and access.

• The Amador Club: Enjoy exclusive membership privileges at San Francisco’s premier private social club, including access to the bar, lounge, private parlor rooms, billiards room, and rooftop deck.
• The Vault Steakhouse: Receive a 10% discount at The Vault Steakhouse, located across from the hotel, and enjoy dining in the elegant restaurant or the heated outdoor garden
• Unlimited Biking: Explore San Francisco with complimentary one-hour e-bike or two-hour standard bike rental from any of Unlimited Biking's three SF locations. Helmet and bike lock included.
• Aquarium of the Bay: Discover the wonders of local marine life with 15% off admission to Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39.

Arts & Culture

• Wells Fargo (world headquarters) and Gold Rush Museum across Montgomery street
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – 0.7 miles
• Contemporary Jewish Museum – 0.6 miles
• Asian Art Museum – 1.6 miles
• Palace of Fine Arts – 3 miles
• De Young Museum – 5.5 miles
• Legion of Honor – 6.0 miles
• Exploratorium – 0.8 miles
• Aquarium of the Bay – 1.5 miles
• Academy of Sciences – 5.2 miles
• San Francisco Zoo – 7 miles
• Walt Disney Family Museum – 4.3 miles
• Louise Davies Symphony Hall – 2 miles
• War Memorial Opera House – 2 miles
• American Conservatory Theatre – 0.8 miles
• Warfield Theatre – 0.9 miles
• Curran Theatre – 1.2 miles
• Orpheum Theatre – 1.3 miles

Nearby Dining

• Wayfare Tavern (American Comfort) – 2 blocks
• Chinatown Area (Various options, Chinese) – 2 blocks
• Credo (Italian) – 2 blocks
• B44 (Spanish)– 2 blocks
• Café Bastille (French) – 2 blocks
• Sam’s Grill (Seafood) – 2 blocks
• Palio (Italian) – 2 blocks
• Tadich Grill (Seafood), California’s oldest restaurant – 3 blocks
• Michael Mina (Contemporary American) – 3 blocks
• Verjus (Wine Bar and Bistro) – 3 blocks
• Café Claude (French) – 4 blocks
• Roka Akor (Japanese) – 4 blocks
• Kokkari Estiantorio (Greek) – 7 blocks
• North Beach Area (Various options, Italian) – 5 blocks
• Ozumos (Sushi) – 8 blocks

Attractions

• Transamerica Building – 1 block
• Chinatown  a city within a city, known for its authentic food, architecture and history – 2 blocks
• Nob Hill  home to the city’s most exclusive clubs and sophisticated living quarters – 3 blocks
• North Beach rich in Italian history and culture, known for traditional espresso cafes, restaurants and nightlife – 5 blocks
• Coit Tower  a 210-foot tower dedicated to the San Francisco volunteer firefighters of 1933 – 10 blocks 
• Ferry Building – 10 blocks
• Fisherman’s Wharf shopping and restaurants – 1 mile
• Washington Square Park – 1 mile
• Alcatraz an island offering an in-depth look into one of the most famous federal prisons in the nation (book in advance) – 1.5 miles
• Lombard Street   the world’s crookedest street – 1.6 miles
• Ghirardelli Square – 1.8 miles
• Japantown – 1.8 miles
• Alamo Square – 3 miles
• Presidio of San Francisco  – 3.7 miles
• Haight-Ashbury – 3.8 miles
• The Mission District – 2.8 miles
• Dolores Park – 3.5 miles
• The Castro District – 3 miles
• Twin Peaks: San Francisco's Best View – 5 miles
• Golden Gate Bridge – 5.8 miles
• Golden Gate Park – 6 miles
• Sausalito – 8 miles
• Napa and Sonoma  Wine Country; home to 227 wineries – 27 miles

Sports

• Oracle Park home of MLB's San Francisco Giants – 2 miles
• Chase Center home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors – 2.1 miles
• RingCentral Coliseum at Oakland Arena home of MLB's Oakland A's – 10 miles
• California Memorial Stadium home of California Golden Bears Football – 13 miles
• Levi's Stadium home of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers – 43 miles
• SAP Center, home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks – 49 miles

For transportation information, please contact our concierge at (415) 273-3045.

Recreation

• Golden Gate Park a scenic green oasis located in the middle of the city – 5.7 miles
• Lands End Hike coastal hiking trail with ocean and Golden Gate Bridge Views– 6 miles
• Swimming at the Aquatic Park wetsuit recommended! – 2 miles
• Ocean Beach 4 miles of coastline perfect for walking and hiking – 7 miles
• Baker Beach iconic views of the Golden Gate Bridge– 5 miles
• Muir Woods National Monument, one of the last remaining sites of redwood trees in the country – 10 miles
• Miniature Golf at Stagecoach Greens food and drinks available from various rotating food trucks – 1.9 miles
• Yurba Buena Ice Skating and Bowling Center – 0.9 miles
• Presidio Golf Course – driving range and 18 hole public course – 3.5 miles
• Hiking/Walking/Running Trails
• Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals – 0.4 miles
• Bay City Bike Rentals – 1.2 miles

Festivals & Fairs

• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
• Bay to Breakers
• San Francisco Marathon
• Stern Grove Festival
• Castro Street Fair
• Union Street Art Festival
• North Beach Festival
• Haight-Ashbury Street Fair

Shopping

• Embarcadero Center - 3 blocks
• Jackson Square – 4 blocks
• Union Square – 6 blocks
• Westfield San Francisco Center – 7 blocks
• Ferry Building – 7 blocks
• Fillmore Street – 2 miles
• Hayes Valley – 1.9 miles
• Chestnut Street – 2.5 miles
• Union Street – 2.5 miles

Businesses

• Gensler – .5 blocks 
• Alliance Capital – 1 block 
• Bank of America – 1 block 
• Bank of India – 1 block 
• Citigroup – 1 block 
• Ernst and Young – 1 block 
• First Union – 1 block 
• Goldman Sachs – 1 block 
• Lehman Brothers – 1 block 
• Loomis Sayles – 1 block 
• McKinsey and Co. – 1 block 
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers – 1 block 
• Robertson Stevens – 1 block 
• RR Donnelly Financial – 1 block 
• Secura Burnett Partners – 1 block 
• Shearman and Sterling – 1 block 
• Sidley Austin Brown and Wood – 1 block 
• Solomon Smith Barney – 1 block 
• Shorenstein – 1 block 
• Sumitomo Bank – 1 block 
• Tehin Partners – 1 block 
• UBS Paine Webber 1 block 
• Warburg Dillon Read – 1 block 
• Weiss Peck and Greer – 1 block 
• Wells Fargo – 1 block 
• ABN AMRO – 2 blocks 
• Charles Schwab – 2 blocks 
• IRIS – 2 blocks 
• Merrill Lynch – 2 blocks 
• Shook, Hardy & Bacon – 2 blocks 
• Barclays Bank – 3 blocks 
• Bittell – 3 blocks 
• Booze Allen Hamilton – 3 blocks 
• Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Bororwsky – 3 blocks 
• Chase Manhattan – 3 blocks 
• CIGNA – 3 blocks 
• Fidelity Investments – 3 blocks 
• First Bank Corp – 3 blocks 
• First Boston Bank – 3 blocks 
• First Trust of California – 3 blocks 
• JP Morgan – 3 blocks 
• Natwest Securities – 3 blocks 
• Morgan Stanley Dean Witter – 3 blocks 
• Murphy Weir and Butler – 3 blocks 
• Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe – 3 blocks 
• Russell Reynolds Associates – 3 blocks 
• Sapient Software – 3 blocks 
• Sefarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson – 3 blocks 
• Skadden ARPS – 3 blocks 
• Scudder, Stevens and Clark – 3 blocks 
• Swiss Bank Corporation – 3 blocks 
• Union Bank – 3 blocks 
• Accenture – 4 blocks 
• Bear Sterns – 4 blocks 
• Cooley Godward – 4 blocks 
• Credit Suisse First Boston – 4 blocks 
• Heller Financial – 4 blocks 
• KPMG Peat Marwick – 4 blocks 
• Lend Lease – 4 blocks 
• Oracle – 4 blocks 
• Townsend and Townsend – 4 blocks 
• AON – 5 blocks 
• Bechtel Corporation – 5 blocks 
• Deloitte and Touche – 5 blocks 
• IBM – 5 blocks 
• IRI – 5 blocks 
• Salesforce.com – 5 blocks 
• AIG – 6 blocks 
• Morrison Foerster – 6 blocks 
• Moscone Convention Center – 8 blocks
• St. Francis Hospital – 10 blocks

Transportation

• Cable Car – outside hotel
• BART (Montgomery) – 4 blocks
• San Francisco Ferries – 5 blocks
• Amtrak – .7 miles
• AC Transit – 9 miles
• San Francisco International Airport – 14 miles
• Golden Gate Ferry – 15 miles
• Oakland International Airport – 20 miles
• San Jose Airport – 47 miles
• SamTrans
• Muni
• Caltrain

Universities

• Golden Gate University – 0.5 miles
• San Francisco Art Institute – 1 mile
• Academy of Art University – 1.5 miles
• University of San Francisco – 3.5 miles
• San Francisco State University – 10 miles
• UC Berkeley – 12.5 miles
• Mills College – 14.5 miles
• St. Mary's College of California – 23 miles
• Stanford University – 36 miles